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Subject: Re: reentry of paper airplanes?
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Date: Fri, 10-May-85 14:06:56 EDT
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From: Ross Finlayson <rsf@Pescadero>

It seems to me that you would have to throw the paper airplane awfully hard in
order for the resulting velocity (vector) to produce a trajectory that reenters
the Earth's atmosphere.  Otherwise even the mildest burst of the shuttle's
attitude jets might cause reentry!  Don't forget how large an orbiting
shuttle's velocity vector is relative to the Earth.

	Ross.